Rio Noble Ruiz Bio Info

Graduated from Bishop Amat HS in La Puente, Calif., where he was a two sport athlete, playing both baseball and football...Committed to play baseball and football at the University of Southern California prior to signing with the Houston Astros

2016

Played in a career-high 133 games in his fifth professional campaign and his first season played at the Triple-A level…Made his first appearance on a Major League roster following an end-of-the season call-up to the majors on 9/17...Had his contract selected on 9/17 and made his Major League debut on 9/18 when he was announced as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning…Did not register an official at-bat due to the game being called following a second rain delay...Had his first official MLB at-bat as a pinch hitter on 9/24 at MIA (pop out to third base)…Collected his first Major League hit on 9/28 vs. PHI with a triple in the eighth inning…Drove in his first two career RBI with a two-RBI single in the eighth inning on 9/29 vs. PHI...In five games with the Braves, batted .286 (2-for-7) with one triple, two RBI and one stolen base... Named the 2016 Gwinnett Braves Player of the Year by the Atlanta organization…Led the club in hits (126), doubles (24), RBI (62), total bases (186), at-bats (465), slugging percentage (.400) and OPS (.755)…Ranked tied for second in home runs (10), and was third in batting average (.271), runs scored (52) and on-base percentage (.355)... Batted .271 (126-for-465) with 24 doubles, 10 home runs and 62 RBI in 133 games played with Gwinnett...Had the fourth-most RBI (62) among Braves farmhands…Ranked second in walks (61) and tied for seventh in home runs (10)...Named Gwinnett's Player of the Month for April after batting .310 (26-for-84) with two home runs, 13 runs scored and 10 RBI in 23 games...Ranked among International League leaders in games (T3rd, 133) and walks (T5th, 61)... Recorded a season-best 11-game hitting streak, 6/16-26…Batted .378 (17-for-45) during the run...Had a 17-game on-base streak from 6/9-6/27 (.339, 21-for-62, 2B, HR, 4 RBI)...Tallied his first career multi-homer game on 8/20 vs. Rochester …Finished the night 3-for-3 with a solo blast, a three-run homer and one triple and four RBI...Had a season high five RBI on 8/25 vs. Buffalo…Had a three-run double and a two-run home run...Played in eight Governors' Cup playoff games and batted .045 (1-for-22) with one double and one run scored...Entered the 2016 campaign ranked by Baseball America as Atlanta's 19th-best prospect.